Thursday, December 8, 2011

candy sleighs

Last week at Bring 'n Brag, one of the ladies showed us how she made candy sleighs for Christmas gifts. update! The lady who showed us the sleighs is Lois. Thanks Lois! Joellen and I decided we needed to make our own!

They were fun to make. We made a dozen of them in about an hour and a half (plus wasted time driving around town looking for Christmas ribbon!) I think it was much easier doing them together so we had extra hands. One person to hold while the other one glues... especially for the first step! First you glue a kitkat bar to two candy canes to create the base. We used hot glue and ran a strip of glue down each candy cane.

Next, attach 10 mini hershey bars on top, with just a drop of glue for each. You stack them in a pyramid, first 4, then 3, then 2, then 1, like this:

After all the glue is hard and secure, glue ribbon around your "packages" and a bow on the top. That's it! so cute and fun and your recipient can keep it as a decoration or take it apart and eat all the candy!

these are very cute and could be customized for each person. I am thinking I would glue the little gum packs....the "old timey" kind that have 5 sticks in each pack...juicy fruit and double mint....instead of the chocolate bars....you could also probably use glue dots from the scrap book section of your hobby store if you didnt want to use hot glue but I bet the glue is stronger...thanks! I think I will try this too!

I just made a fun little Youtube video using your creative idea. Thank you so much for sharing. I had a lot of fun making these. They are just to darling to not make. These were a must even if they were made last minute.

Thank-you so much for this easy and original idea......just the thing to make last minute or stick in a basket to finish it off....I just made a bunch to give out and they were so easy and turned out so cute...Merry Christmas!

These are cute. I did something simular last year. I used candy canes as a sled. Took different size round styrofoam balls and made snow men. Put a hat, scarf on the snowmen. They were really cute also but only last for the season as the candy canes discolored when I took them out the next year.

One comment was about using rubber cement. I don't think I would do that, as it has a strong odor that the chocolate will pick up and I don't believe it is nontoxic. I would stick with (no pun intended!) low melt hot glue or glue dots. I use these to make juice box trains and robots. The only problem I have found with the hot glue is if you live in a cold area and they are exposed to a great change in temperature, which causes the items to come apart. Tacky glue would work, but it doesn't dry that quickly. Since these are also tied with ribbon, it should be fine.

thanks for all of the recent comments! Since many of you are no reply bloggers, I haven't been able to email you. boohoo. I do believe I found the tiny bows at Walmart last year, in their holiday wrapping section....

I plan to fill boxes with these and send them to my son who is stationed overseas. He and especially his fellow Airmen love getting treats! I always send an extra box for him to share.....it's a great idea for deployed also, just change it up a bit with less chocolate - like one poster wrote, use gum, or other items. Great idea! thanks for sharing!

These are so cute! Great idea to make and give to the family. I don't have much money, so these would be just the right thing I could do. Even though everyone is older, but I know they'll love it. Thanks for sharing.donna harrisdonna_squaw_1952@yahoo.com

I just love these. Going to make them with my granddaughter (4 yrs old) and my nephew (3 yrs old). They are going to give them to their teachers and bus driver. We will use either glue dots or double sided tape. I am also going to make some for the ladies at the office. Thanks so very much for sharing the idea.

For those not wanting to use hot glue, Glue Dots(http://www.gluedots.com/glue.html)are an alternative. They are really strong. They are at Michael's and Hobby Lobby and other craft stores.Ellyn, I think I met you a few times at Bring and Brag at Q.A. when I lived in TX. I recognized Joellen. :) Nice to see you have a blog!

I just made a half dozen of these. I ran out of glue sticks so I started taping down the small bars and it worked perfect. I plan on making more and I will just glue down the large bar onto the candy canes and use tape for the rest. I also used some Reese's Peanut butter cups as well as Kit-Kats. I added a small Santa bar on the front as well.

i think i am going to do this for my son's teachers, at the moms morning out program. instead of a regular sized candy bar i am going to use a starbucks gift card, just making them smaller. i also will be using double sided tape.maybe i can make a pipe cleaner reindeer to drive it....lol.

We just made 12 of these and we loved it, very easy. We even made a special one for Lanie who can't have chocolate or nuts, we used tic-tac and life saver rolls looks as cute as the rest. Thank you so much for this idea. Merry Christmas.

I used a hot glue gun, but I froze the chocolate before assembling, and there was no melting! These came out so cute and were actually pretty easy to make without a helper. Thanks for the wonderful idea!

I saw these on your blog yesterday and rushed out to get the supplies. My son and I made 12 of them this morning and they came out so cute. They were so quick and fun to do!!! I did half of them with the regular Kit-Kat and half with the white chocolate Kit-Kat. We also put a small chocolate Santa (perfect size for the sleigh) on the front. The only thing we used the glue gun for was the candy canes. For the rest we used a crafters adhesive roller. So easy and no mess. Thanks for the great idea and perfect instructions.

The above post is mine as well as this one. My husband took my daughter out just a bit ago to deliver these to her friends. They were a HUGE hit!! (the parents loved them as well). On the way home my husband called me and said that our daughter wants to make some more for other friends - - so they stopped off at the store and found everything they needed to make another batch. But no worries...they are easy and done in a flash. Two dozen this year.

These are just adorable! Thanks for the detailed instructions! Just a quick note to let you know my sister in law made these for all of the kids this year and they were a big hit. I posted a picture of her creation on my blog, but gave a link to you for credit. Have a happy New Year!

to make these even more affordable, but still adorable, i didn't use the full-size kitkats. i used the smaller ones (2 sticks per wrapper) and glued 2 of them side by side onto a small piece of hard paper. then i did my layers of hershey miniatures, 3, then 2, then 1. turned out just as cute but ended up costing about $1 per sled :)

I love this idea, my mom and I are going to make some of these for my mother's friends and neighbors. I am also going to make some for my grandson's friends in High School. I know they will love it. He is always looking for something to give them so they know he thought of them, but can't spend much money. (mostly the girls :o)} This is perfect. Also, great gift for teachers for my younger granddaughters. Thanks for this wonderful idea.

Thanks for posting this easy and beautiful craft I am a firefighter and in charge of the Breakfast with Santa our event is greatly expanding each year and this is a wonderful and new idea...I would love to see some more of your ideasyou can reach me at Bjeanruby@gmail.com or find me on facebook Barb O'Toole (Kline) Just this one craft will make for a memorable event thanks

My Husband & I are always looking for new ideas for the kids on his school bus rt. this well be perfect for Christmas. I just love it. Thank you for sharing and showing how to make it. pretty easy and fun too.I well making these for the kids for my husband school kids. have a B;essed week. God bless

I didn't read all of the comments, so someone else might have asked this already. Wonder if you could use double-sided sticky tape to hold everything together? Hot glue guns and I are mortal enemies! lol

Hi, absolutely love this idea and will definitely be making some. Just a quick question, I'm in the UK so we don't have mini Hershey bars, anybody else from the UK made these? And if so what did you use? :) x

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Great idea!!! All my children are grown, this is a creative way to give them candy and save the stockings for the grand kids. Thanks for the idea. BTW I marked your blog ... You have one more follower!

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I just made 60 of these sleighs. I tied ribbon just around the candy bars then used small dots of hot melt glue to secure the candy canes. Then added the bow. Worked perfectly and I could do it by myself.

Cute! I'm going to make them for all of my son's teachers and aides and therapists! Wow, that's going to be a lot of candy! I'm a bit worried about the hot glue, since I'm not very coordinated to get only a dot on there (I tend to end up with a big glob!), but I did get some of the small glue dots, so might try both and see which works best.

Just got done making 9 of these for my grandsons' classmates in preschool...eeeeasy and fast. I bought a "party size" bag of Hershey's minis, after Halloween for 1/2 price and it was enough to do 11 sleds without using any of the peanut bars since schools ban peanuts due to possible allergies. I'll definitely be making these again...there are so many possible uses. Fundraising, gifts, name place card holders, party favors, gift card holders.

I love these! Found them on Pinterest. I made 22 of them and took them to the icu nursing staff. My husband has been with them for 38 days and they are wonderful. (Glad to report he is making progress after a very scary time.) The nurses there last night loved them and I'm sure the others will also! I didn't use the ribbons and bows and I know they would have been cuter with them but I didn't have the time or energy to go searching. Also I only used of the small sized bars since they are expensive and I was making so many...still cute!

I will be making 16 of these and will be trying the double sided tape with so transparent tape on the part holding the cane to the kit kat. I am hoping it works out. I will let you know. Thanks for the idea!

I just made ten of these last night - and will add the finishing ribbon and bow to the last eight today. I am NOT a crafty person at all, so I am happy to report they came out great! I made them for my bosses and coworkers. For all concerned about using hot glue, I used my hot glue gun and hot glue with no problems whatsoever.

I belong to a well known ladies group, and have been asked to help with the Christmas decoration. I plan on making these this year (2014) and place one at each place on the table. Plus I am thinking of making the light bulb penguins, with a silver ribbon attached to the sleigh as though he is pulling the sleigh. this should be very, very cute. can't hardly wait to see the expressions on every ones face thanks so much for posting this cute idea.

I was surfing the internet looking for a little present I could make to give to my good friends at school, and these are perfect! Tonight I made 12 of the bases (have to finish them tomorrow after school), but I couldn't find any hersheys :( So I used Cadbury Dairy Milk Bars with some freddo frogs and mini mars bars!Cute as. It's a brilliant idea. Love it!

I made these for my son's xmas at school and they were a hit!! I am the worst crafter there is and I did quite well as your instructions and pictures were excellent! Thank you for sharing and helping me to have a little more confidence to try more craft projects. Great!!

I thought this to be a great idea and I made some for my Card Club (Canasta) and they loved them. Then I made my Ladies Sunday School Class some and both loved them. So, that will be on my list next year to make again. Thanks for sharing this great idea!! Love it!!

Absolutely adorable & definitely going to make some of these. I have something similar to this that was on the back of a candy cane box but never got around to doing it and it was in living color like these. Thanks for your post.

Makes a great stocking stuffer, a great simple gift when you need one in a hurry.( that is if you keep a few made up)can decorate the tree and then enjoy later. This is something your kids could help with if your not using hot glue but glue dots. great teacher gifts that your kids can give.

I just found these yesterday. I went out and bought the components immediately! Last night I made 10 sleighs and they are so cute! I wasn't able to find the Santas quite yet but I'm sure I will come across them this week. These will be favors for a Christmas Party I'm attending. We all bring something and these would be really cute to share with these gals. Thank you for posting.

These are the cutest things ever and so easy to make. I made 35 of them last weekend and used double sided tape instead of the glue gun. It was so much easy and so fun. I mixed it up by putting different candies in--anything flat will work just great! I can't wait to give these out to people!

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